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First Name | Amy |
Last Name | Gelb |
Username | amyg |
Bio | b. Israel – lives and works in Florida Amy Gelb is an American and Israeli photo-based fiber artist and photographer who lives and works in Miami. Through the use of photography, textile, and recycled materials, her work explores the historical and collective narratives of women inter-generationally; and the impact that belief systems have on our mental and physical health and well-being. By examining the social fabric of the female story, Gelb weaves together the multiple layers of women’s past, present, and future selves. She draws upon her own familial history in order to reveal the lessons inherited from our matriarchs. Gelb’s major body of work, As Is, researched through interviews and photography the unsolicited messages and responses women have received and internalized about their bodies. Functioning as an archive of material on women’s bodies, the work was collected in a monograph titled As Is: Women Exposed, published in 2018 by Daylight Books. Gelb graduated from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 1991 with a BFA in Acting. She earned an MSW in Clinical Social Work from NYU in 1994. -=≡=- n. em Israel – vive e trabalha na Flórida, EUA. Amy Gelb é uma artista e fotógrafa americana e israelense que vive e trabalha em Miami. Através do uso de fotografia, têxteis e materiais reciclados, seu trabalho explora as narrativas históricas e coletivas das mulheres intergeracionalmente; e o impacto que os sistemas de crenças têm em nossa saúde e bem-estar mental e físico. Ao examinar o tecido social da história feminina, Gelb entrelaça as múltiplas camadas do passado, presente e futuro das mulheres. Ela se baseia em sua própria história familiar para revelar as lições herdadas de nossas matriarcas. O principal trabalho de Gelb, As Is, teve sua pesquisa realizada por meio de entrevistas e fotografias as mensagens e respostas não solicitadas que mulheres receberam e internalizaram sobre seus corpos. Funcionando como um arquivo de material sobre corpos femininos, a obra foi reunida em uma monografia intitulada As Is: Women Exposed, publicada em 2018 pela Daylight Books. Gelb se formou na Tisch School of the Arts da New York University em 1991 com um BFA em Atuação. Ela ganhou um MSW em Serviço Social Clínico da NYU em 1994. |
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Statement | What once enters the psyche stays there forever, even when we’re unaware. Although forgotten, our earliest identifications, like tastes, smells, sounds, voices, etc., make themselves known as nostalgia, a yearning or desire to experience them for the first time again. My work deals with this nostalgia, as well as attachment, displacement, and memory in the context of my experience as an immigrant. I have a strong interest in attachment to objects, specifically to photographs. Photography has allowed me to direct my practice to where it is now—I erase, destroy, and, most importantly, cover my paintings in an effort to question and challenge one’s attachments. My recent works feature acrylic house paint covering parts of the “finished” oil paintings as a metaphor for memories. The number one rule of painting is never to use acrylic over oil, and I’m breaking this by painting yellow acrylic house paint on top of layers of oil. Like memories, even if you cannot see them, they’re there, covered underneath the surface. I start by combining photos that my dad has taken throughout my life, photos from old family albums, and my photography. In my work, I reference my own pictures, my dad’s lifelong documentation of my family, and old photos from my family’s archive. I then work to create different narratives by recontextualizing images of my personal and family history. I want the viewer to question whether our memories are always the same, unchanging, or constantly changing and adapting as events in our personal lives and the world occur. -=≡=- O que uma vez entra na psique fica lá para sempre, mesmo quando não temos consciência. Embora esquecidas, nossas primeiras identificações, como gostos, cheiros, sons, vozes, etc., dão-se a conhecer como nostalgia, um anseio ou desejo de experimentá-los pela primeira vez novamente. Meu trabalho lida com essa nostalgia, assim como apego, deslocamento e memória no contexto de minha experiência como imigrante. Tenho um forte interesse em apego a objetos, especificamente a fotografias. A fotografia me permitiu direcionar minha prática para onde ela está agora – eu apago, destruo e, mais importante, cubro minhas pinturas em um esforço para questionar e desafiar os apegos de alguém. Meus trabalhos recentes apresentam pintura acrílica de casa cobrindo partes das pinturas a óleo “acabadas” como uma metáfora para memórias. A regra número um da pintura é nunca usar acrílico sobre óleo, e estou quebrando isso pintando tinta acrílica amarela em cima de camadas de óleo. Como memórias, mesmo que você não possa vê-las, elas estão lá, cobertas sob a superfície. Começo combinando fotos que meu pai tirou ao longo da minha vida, fotos de velhos álbuns de família e minha fotografia. No meu trabalho, faço referência às minhas próprias fotos, à documentação vitalícia de meu pai sobre minha família e fotos antigas do arquivo da minha família. Trabalho então para criar diferentes narrativas recontextualizando imagens da minha história pessoal e familiar. Quero que o espectador questione se nossas memórias são sempre as mesmas, imutáveis ou constantemente mudando e se adaptando à medida que os eventos em nossas vidas pessoais e no mundo ocorrem.
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Exhibitions
Exhibitions | 2022 40 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse – Curated by Melanie Prapopoulos – Museum of Contemporary Art – Westport, CT. – upcoming June 30 – September 9th 2021 Fire Offering – Curated by Sofia Bastidas – Collective 62 – Miami, Florida 64 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse – Curated by Camp Gallery – Miami, Florida Warp & Waft – Curated by Taryn Moller Nicole – The Frank Gallery – Pembroke Pines, Florida 2020 SO [SEW] AMERICA CARES – Curated by Aurora Molina – The Coral Gables Museum – Miami, Florida 40 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse – The Camp Gallery – Miami, Florida Expressing Ourselves: Women Living with Breast Cancer – JCC Gallery – Miami, Florida seeingWOMEN 2020 – Chateau de Lomenie in Montpouillan (Lot and Garonne), France seeingWOMEN 2020 – Chateau de LaLande in Crozon-sur-Vauvre (Indre), France HerStory – A Collective – Arte Libre – FIU – Miami, Florida US – Undercurrent – Projects, Curated by Savannah Spirit, Artsy The Poetry of the Ordinary – PhotoPlace Gallery – Juror Sarah Sudhoff – Middlebury,Vermont 2019 New femininity #3, Curated by Laetitia Duveau (aka Little Voice), Melkweg Gallery Expo, -Amsterdam, Netherlands AS IS Artist talk and Book Signing, The Jewish Museum – FIU – Miami Beach, Florida 2018 Opening Night, Curated by Orly Kadosh and Edith Shiro – ArtHood56 – Miami, Florida Member Exhibition, Juror Brian Clamp – The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2017 AS IS, Sagamore Hotel – Miami Beach, Florida Exhibit, Curated by Dr. Rebecca Senf, Houston Center for Photography – Houston, Texas 2016 AND EARLIER HUMAN NATURE – Curated by Jill Schenker – Gallery 23 – Miami, Florida HUMAN NATURE – Ember Beitler Gallery – curated by Seth Beitler – Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida
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